Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-08-17

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Aug 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
505 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 386▼ 663 vs year ago 1,168 · −56.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 40▼ 15 vs year ago 74 · −20.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 36▼ 65 vs year ago 90 · −72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers steady based on limited comparisons with the sale two weeks ago. Slaughter cows steady compared to last week. Demand good. Supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.16/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$148.16
166 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$3.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.11
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532149.2479463
Medium and Large 1660147.52973101
Medium and Large 2422146.006162thin
One grade step is worth $3.24/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale166 hd
148.16
—
MO average11 barns · 5,840 hd
150.27
−2.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,76094.941,6717thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47970.711,0465thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29968.4988914
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05657.2060416

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370189.48/cwt184.00–194.007015
Steers—Medium and Large 2451161.00/cwt160.00–162.007264
Steers—Medium and Large 1464182.22/cwt176.00–187.0084615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470168.00/cwt164.00–171.0079011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518171.76/cwt171.00–172.0089021
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy534160.00/cwt160.00–160.008544
Steers—Medium and Large 1554172.06/cwt168.00–174.5095316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584163.37/cwt161.00–169.0095413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631157.08/cwt152.00–160.5099119
Steers—Medium and Large 1642161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0346
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy658153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675154.50/cwt154.00–155.001,0436
Steers—Medium and Large 1678159.50/cwt158.00–160.001,0818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740148.25/cwt145.50–154.001,09710
Steers—Medium and Large 1743157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1675
Steers—Medium and Large 1752150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1283
Steers—Medium 2772123.50/cwt123.50–123.509533
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1401164.00/cwt164.00–164.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421154.32/cwt151.00–159.006506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422146.00/cwt146.00–146.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466159.38/cwt152.00–163.0074313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486161.21/cwt161.00–161.5078312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523151.24/cwt143.00–156.0079117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy566137.94/cwt136.00–140.007814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587144.50/cwt144.00–145.0084812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1592144.50/cwt144.50–144.508555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611140.68/cwt140.00–142.5086011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621151.00/cwt151.00–151.009384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full653137.00/cwt137.00–137.008953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,01449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,04415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full752131.50/cwt131.50–131.509893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full821132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,0866
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1362154.00/cwt154.00–154.005573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458162.00/cwt162.00–162.007424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517155.12/cwt154.00–157.008028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2562152.13/cwt148.00–157.0085511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680133.42/cwt130.00–137.009074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775127.93/cwt123.00–131.009916
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4731
Bulls——1,71194.22/cwt90.00–98.501,6125
Bulls——2,110104.50/cwt104.50–104.502,2051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97652.34/cwt47.00–54.005118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13562.05/cwt60.50–64.007048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27169.10/cwt66.00–71.508787
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28073.50/cwt73.50–73.509411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29261.60/cwt60.00–63.007964
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37276.27/cwt74.50–79.501,0463
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52970.01/cwt67.50–71.501,0704
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0014,9632
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,556.25/cwt1,525.00–1,650.0017,1194
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2761,310.19/cwt1,150.00–1,400.0016,7187

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.